1953 Daiei Stars Statistics
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 63-53
Finished 3rd in the JPPL
Manager: Sadayoshi Fujimoto (63-53)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
1953 Daiei Stars RosterTeam Record: 63-53
Finished 3rd in the JPPL
Manager: Sadayoshi Fujimoto (63-53)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
The Daiei Stars of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1953 season with a record of 63 wins and 53 losses, finishing third in the JPPL.
The Stars paced the league with just 392 runs allowed. Daiei scored 405 runs. Masaharu Takita accounted for 48 RBI. Michihiro Sugawara topped batters with significant playing time with a .287 average. Giichi Hayashi led the team with 17 wins, while Yoshiharu Himeno registered a 2.07 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers. Sadayoshi Fujimoto served as manager.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giichi Hayashi | 17 | 11 | .607 | 2.67 | 36 | 30 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 283.7 | 260 | 97 | 84 | 13 | 42 | 90 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1133 | ||
| Yoshiharu Himeno | 13 | 12 | .520 | 2.07 | 30 | 23 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 200.3 | 157 | 65 | 46 | 6 | 57 | 87 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 805 | ||
| Victor Starfin | 11 | 9 | .550 | 2.68 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 201.7 | 175 | 67 | 60 | 11 | 42 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 811 | ||
| Toshio Takamatsu | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.06 | 29 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 153.0 | 140 | 63 | 52 | 6 | 50 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 625 | ||
| Kazuo Yabumoto | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.00 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 76.3 | 68 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 300 | ||
| Yoshiharu Ogawa | 6 | 8 | .429 | 3.39 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 124.7 | 114 | 51 | 47 | 9 | 31 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 498 | ||
| Kazuo Takeuchi | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.99 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22.7 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | ||
| Takeshi Akiyama | 0 | 0 | 1.69 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | |||
| Takao Iio | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.40 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28.7 | 32 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 136 | ||
| Totals | 63 | 53 | .543 | 2.68 | 186 | 120 | 44 | 76 | 13 | 0 | 1096.3 | 966 | 392 | 326 | 50 | 287 | 0 | 384 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 4427 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bunjiro Sakamoto | 120 | 522 | 479 | 60 | 134 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 12 | 12 | 26 | 32 | .280 | .321 | .361 | .682 | 173 | 10 | 3 | 14 | ||
| Masaharu Takita | 119 | 510 | 450 | 60 | 125 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 48 | 7 | 8 | 57 | 43 | .278 | .360 | .384 | .745 | 173 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Yuzo Shimada | 120 | 530 | 478 | 66 | 125 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 50 | .262 | .326 | .345 | .672 | 165 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Yutaka Tagawa | 115 | 449 | 394 | 31 | 96 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 43 | 2 | 8 | 51 | 25 | .244 | .333 | .335 | .668 | 132 | 12 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Michihiro Sugawara | 82 | 346 | 321 | 41 | 92 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 36 | .287 | .336 | .405 | .741 | 130 | 8 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Kiyoshi Yamada | 106 | 413 | 344 | 30 | 66 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 57 | 33 | .192 | .308 | .267 | .576 | 92 | 14 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Takashi Masuda | 88 | 267 | 231 | 33 | 57 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 20 | .247 | .326 | .372 | .698 | 86 | 6 | 6 | 9 | ||
| Tatsuo Arai | 72 | 194 | 175 | 15 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 24 | .234 | .298 | .291 | .590 | 51 | 7 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Shigeya Iijima | 60 | 192 | 156 | 12 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 17 | .244 | .379 | .282 | .661 | 44 | 11 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Akio Kamiichi | 88 | 247 | 228 | 22 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 36 | .167 | .218 | .197 | .415 | 45 | 6 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Giichi Hayashi | 36 | 114 | 107 | 6 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .252 | .292 | .336 | .628 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Victor Starfin | 31 | 92 | 90 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .189 | .207 | .244 | .451 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Yosuke Sano | 41 | 72 | 64 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 | .188 | .268 | .188 | .455 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Masao Itakura | 38 | 82 | 72 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 15 | .167 | .259 | .250 | .509 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kazuo Sugitani | 48 | 86 | 78 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 21 | .154 | .233 | .167 | .399 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Yoshiharu Ogawa | 21 | 45 | 41 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .244 | .311 | .293 | .604 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iwao Yoshimura | 45 | 72 | 62 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | .161 | .257 | .210 | .467 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Yoshiharu Himeno | 30 | 71 | 66 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .152 | .164 | .167 | .331 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Toshio Takamatsu | 29 | 57 | 56 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .161 | .161 | .161 | .321 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Masaaki Ninomiya | 19 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .296 | .321 | .444 | .766 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kazuo Yabumoto | 17 | 32 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .179 | .258 | .179 | .437 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jungo Igaue | 16 | 33 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kazuo Takeuchi | 15 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toshihisa Taoka | 14 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .111 | .238 | .111 | .349 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Takao Iio | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tatsuaki Murato | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Takeshi Akiyama | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1388 | 4495 | 4011 | 405 | 952 | 156 | 32 | 30 | 364 | 61 | 59 | 389 | 467 | .237 | .309 | .315 | .624 | 1262 | 110 | 28 | 67 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masaharu Takita | 1B | 113 | .000 | |||||
| Yosuke Sano | 1B | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Jungo Igaue | 1B | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Toshihisa Taoka | 1B | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeya Iijima | 1B | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Tatsuaki Murato | 1B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Yuzo Shimada | 2B | 110 | .000 | |||||
| Toshihisa Taoka | 2B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Bunjiro Sakamoto | 3B | 120 | .000 | |||||
| Masaaki Ninomiya | 3B | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Akio Kamiichi | C | 88 | .000 | |||||
| Iwao Yoshimura | C | 45 | .000 | |||||
| Masao Itakura | C | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Yutaka Tagawa | OF | 110 | .000 | |||||
| Michihiro Sugawara | OF | 81 | .000 | |||||
| Takashi Masuda | OF | 81 | .000 | |||||
| Tatsuo Arai | OF | 54 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeya Iijima | OF | 47 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuo Sugitani | OF | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Masaharu Takita | OF | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Masaaki Ninomiya | OF | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Giichi Hayashi | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshiharu Himeno | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Toshio Takamatsu | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Victor Starfin | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshiharu Ogawa | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuo Yabumoto | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuo Takeuchi | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Takao Iio | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Takeshi Akiyama | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Kiyoshi Yamada | SS | 106 | .000 | |||||
| Yuzo Shimada | SS | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Toshihisa Taoka | SS | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1285 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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